Ashby, Christopher John, Petty Officer, 236506, HM Submarine E41, Royal Navy
Born Derby, 13th February 1888
Drowned during a training exercise when submarines E4 and E41 collided with each other, 15th August 1916 aged 27
Son of John and Sarah Ann Ashby, of 15, Peach St., Derby.
Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire

1911 Census
An Able Seaman aboard HMS Hermes, at anchor in the New Dockyard, Simonstown, South Africa

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